Focus Question: What aspects of Puritan culture and experience in the late 17th century caused several young girls living in Salem Village to make accusations of witchcraft and to be believed?
Karlsen,Carol F.. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman. 2801 John Street, Markham, Ontario: Penguin Books Canada Ltd.,, 1987.
The book The Devil in the Shape of a Woman covers the topic of the many similarities among the accused “witches”. These similarities include the sex, the status, the marital status, and many other logistics. Not only are the chapters full of information the preface is also richly detailed. The preface consists of beliefs of witchcraft, the economic side of witchcraft, as well as the demographic side, the society of New England. Karlsen also discusses some fake accusers, patterns of accusations, and some facts about the families of the accused. This book uses detail and facts to show the topic of similarities amongst accused witches.The book The Devil in the Shape of a Woman written by Carol Karlsen was an important source in my research. This book goes into detail about the topic of similarities among accused and it talks about the culture and religion of New England and how it could have an affect on why the girls would do what they did. Carol Karlsen wrote this book with a lot of detail while still keeping it simple enough to understand easily. This book was fairly essential to my research and was very fascinating.
Barrow, Witchcraze; DiCanio, Teddi, "Salem Witchcraft Trials," in Great American Trials, ed. Knappman; Gragg, "Under an Evil Hand" Hansen, Witchcraft at Salem; Karlsen, Devil in the Shape of a Woman; Stanton, Anthony, and Gage, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 1; Starkey, Devil in Massachusetts; Upham, Salem Witchcraft.
This article from the Encyclopedia of Women's History in America, Second Edition. Includes many facts about the accused relatives and it also focuses on some sexist issues. One group has the theory that maybe the whole conflict was caused by gender issues. this article opens facts about many other theories. This article provided me with little but important information. It is a collection of different authors who wrote a section on women’s roles in an encyclopedia. This article was short and did not have that many parts focused on the beginning but it did include a couple more theories that seem interesting. This article was not hard to read but for my purposes I felt as if I had to “jump around” to attain the information I needed.
Queen II, Edward L. "Salem witch trials." In Queen, Edward L., II, Stephen R. Prothero, and Gardiner H. Shattuck Jr., eds. Encyclopedia of American Religious History, Revised Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2001. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?_ItemID=WE52&iPin=EAR401&SingleRecord=True (accessed July 28, 2008).
This article from Encyclopedia of American Religious History describes many events that happened during the witch trials. The article follows order chronological. It discusses some conflicts that happened in the church and the court about subjects such as spectral evidence. The author also talks about how later in time when the hysteria had died down some of the accusers and supporters of spectral evidence had said that it did go overboard and many people died due to disagreements with others. This article contains important facts about how some even realized after the hysteria had ended that it was indeed pointless. This article contained fascinating and important facts that were helpful towards my research. The article has many areas that caught my attention. One included a section on how some people from that time had realized that the whole trials and accusations were not very fair. But I found it interesting that the people that admitted that some people died for no reasons never said that there weren’t any witches, they just said that some were accused and found to be witches but weren’t actually witches. The authors of this article seemed to me to keep the facts all organized and in place. This article was definitely helpful and contained some interesting pieces of information.
Phips, William. "Letters of Governor Phips." Burr, George Lincoln. Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648–1706. Courtesy of Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?_
One quite interesting primary source I found was a letter from Governor Phips. This letter talks about how when he first arrived he saw how the county had been affected by possession and witchcraft. This shows how easily he was convinced that it was indeed witchcraft. This could have been due to the culture or even just because everyone was convinced it was true so it must have seemed true to him. This letter was very interesting and it showed how easily one thing can seem true just because of mass believing. This primary source was short but was indeed useful. The letter was helpful because it stated how easily one person could be convinced that witchcraft was real. The letter did not contain much more helpful to my research but it was worth taking a look at.
Hall,David D. Worlds Of Wonder, Days Of Judgment. first ed. Alfred A. Knopf. New York Toronto: Random House, 1989.
Roach,Marilynne K. The Salem Witch Trials: A day-by-day chronicle of a community under siege. first ed. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2002.
Carlson,Laurie Winn. A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials. Ivan R. Dee. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1999.
Focus Question: What aspects of Puritan culture and experience in the late 17th century caused several young girls living in Salem Village to make accusations of witchcraft and to be believed?
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Karlsen,Carol F.. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman. 2801 John Street, Markham, Ontario: Penguin Books Canada Ltd.,, 1987.
The book The Devil in the Shape of a Woman covers the topic of the many similarities among the accused “witches”. These similarities include the sex, the status, the marital status, and many other logistics. Not only are the chapters full of information the preface is also richly detailed. The preface consists of beliefs of witchcraft, the economic side of witchcraft, as well as the demographic side, the society of New England. Karlsen also discusses some fake accusers, patterns of accusations, and some facts about the families of the accused. This book uses detail and facts to show the topic of similarities amongst accused witches.The book The Devil in the Shape of a Woman written by Carol Karlsen was an important source in my research. This book goes into detail about the topic of similarities among accused and it talks about the culture and religion of New England and how it could have an affect on why the girls would do what they did. Carol Karlsen wrote this book with a lot of detail while still keeping it simple enough to understand easily. This book was fairly essential to my research and was very fascinating.
Barrow, Witchcraze; DiCanio, Teddi, "Salem Witchcraft Trials," in Great American Trials, ed. Knappman; Gragg, "Under an Evil Hand" Hansen, Witchcraft at Salem; Karlsen, Devil in the Shape of a Woman; Stanton, Anthony, and Gage, eds., History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 1; Starkey, Devil in Massachusetts; Upham, Salem Witchcraft.
This article from the Encyclopedia of Women's History in America, Second Edition. Includes many facts about the accused relatives and it also focuses on some sexist issues. One group has the theory that maybe the whole conflict was caused by gender issues. this article opens facts about many other theories. This article provided me with little but important information. It is a collection of different authors who wrote a section on women’s roles in an encyclopedia. This article was short and did not have that many parts focused on the beginning but it did include a couple more theories that seem interesting. This article was not hard to read but for my purposes I felt as if I had to “jump around” to attain the information I needed.
Queen II, Edward L. "Salem witch trials." In Queen, Edward L., II, Stephen R. Prothero, and Gardiner H. Shattuck Jr., eds. Encyclopedia of American Religious History, Revised Edition. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2001. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?_ItemID=WE52&iPin=EAR401&SingleRecord=True (accessed July 28, 2008).
This article from Encyclopedia of American Religious History describes many events that happened during the witch trials. The article follows order chronological. It discusses some conflicts that happened in the church and the court about subjects such as spectral evidence. The author also talks about how later in time when the hysteria had died down some of the accusers and supporters of spectral evidence had said that it did go overboard and many people died due to disagreements with others. This article contains important facts about how some even realized after the hysteria had ended that it was indeed pointless. This article contained fascinating and important facts that were helpful towards my research. The article has many areas that caught my attention. One included a section on how some people from that time had realized that the whole trials and accusations were not very fair. But I found it interesting that the people that admitted that some people died for no reasons never said that there weren’t any witches, they just said that some were accused and found to be witches but weren’t actually witches. The authors of this article seemed to me to keep the facts all organized and in place. This article was definitely helpful and contained some interesting pieces of information.
Phips, William. "Letters of Governor Phips." Burr, George Lincoln. Narratives of the Witchcraft Cases, 1648–1706. Courtesy of Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. American History Online. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?_
One quite interesting primary source I found was a letter from Governor Phips. This letter talks about how when he first arrived he saw how the county had been affected by possession and witchcraft. This shows how easily he was convinced that it was indeed witchcraft. This could have been due to the culture or even just because everyone was convinced it was true so it must have seemed true to him. This letter was very interesting and it showed how easily one thing can seem true just because of mass believing. This primary source was short but was indeed useful. The letter was helpful because it stated how easily one person could be convinced that witchcraft was real. The letter did not contain much more helpful to my research but it was worth taking a look at.
Hall,David D. Worlds Of Wonder, Days Of Judgment. first ed. Alfred A. Knopf. New York Toronto: Random House, 1989.
Roach,Marilynne K. The Salem Witch Trials: A day-by-day chronicle of a community under siege. first ed. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2002.
Carlson,Laurie Winn. A Fever in Salem: A New Interpretation of the New England Witch Trials. Ivan R. Dee. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 1999.
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